ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss $3.7 Billion Approved for Nanotechnology Research.

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TOPIC: In a voice vote, Congress has approved $3.7 billion in research funding for nanotechnology over the next four years, according to an article by Reuters. President Bush is expected to sign the bill into law, as the Senate approved a similar bill earlier this week. Nanotechnology is responsible for producing wrinkle- and stain-resistant cotton fabrics and experts say it has the capability to create microscopic computers as well as automobile engines that will not cause air pollution.

EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story:

Mark Modzelewski, co-founder of NanoBusiness Alliance, was instrumental in the creation of the Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, passed in the House of Representatives in May 2003, and testified before a Senate sub-committee on nano. He has briefed the White House, the Federal Reserve, the bulk of the Senate and House leadership, and as such, is the individual that government leaders turn to on all matters relating to small technologies. Mark also plays a pivotal role in the distribution of key information to the investment community and business. He leads the Alliance research efforts, which have already resulted in two major reports, covering Quantum Dots and Sensors. Mark is also armed with regularly updated stats, figures and trend information on all things related to nanotechnology and the industries nano impacts. PR Contact: Steven Wright-Mark 212-677-8700 ext. 29 [e-mail]

Christine Peterson writes, lectures, and briefs the media on coming powerful technologies, especially nanotechnology. She is cofounder and President of Foresight Institute, a nonprofit, which educates the public, technical community, and policymakers on nanotechnology and its long-term effects. She directs the Foresight Conferences on Molecular Nanotechnology, organizes the Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes, and chairs the Foresight Gatherings. She lectures on nanotechnology to a wide variety of audiences, focusing on making this complex field understandable, and on clarifying the difference between near-term commercial advances and the "Next Industrial Revolution" arriving in the next few decades. Her work is motivated by a desire to help Earth's environment and traditional human communities avoid harm and instead benefit from expected dramatic advances in technology. With Eric Drexler and Gayle Pergamit, she wrote Unbounding the Future: the Nanotechnology Revolution (Morrow, 1991, full text online), which sketches nanotechnology's potential environmental and medical benefits as well as possible abuses. PR Contact: Judy Conner 650-917-1122 [e-mail]

Professor Mauro Ferrari, of Ohio State University, can share his expertise regarding biomedical nanotechnology. 614-292-4756

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